Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

KK 870

Ivory

Height: 87mm
Width: 52mm
Depth: 4mm

Crucifixion; Virgin supported by one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker.
Incised trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2012: French, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Covered with a thick fabric.

Object Condition
Two holes in the centre at the right side, possibly to attach the leaf to others with a string.
Worn.
Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Collection of Dr Peter Wings, Aachen; his bequest to the Museum in 1893.

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